This weekend was our towns annual celebration of itself, basically. There was a parade in the morning, activities all afternoon, and there are still fireworks to come tonight.
We went to the parade in the morning and stocked up on candy, as per usual. Also “as per usual,” a freezie leaked in our candy bag and I’m tempted to just throw the whole thing out rather than wiping down each individually wrapped piece of candy. We shall see. We got home, ate lunch, and put our prematurely grouchy kids down for a nap. Brady and I also took a bit of a rest.
In the mid-afternoon, my parents showed up and hung with the kids while Brady and I loaded up our instruments into Carrie’s truck, and the three of us headed to the location of our local car show. There was a trailer set up for us to stand on, and the rest of our setup was being assembled. We worked with two sound guys to set up the rest of the “stage,” and to get our instruments up and running. When it got to the sound check, it was time for the volunteers to enjoy some supper and a sit down before the work began, so we played a bit for them and got some claps and encouragement. It was fun!!
We had a quick supper break before it was actually time to start, and I’ve got to say, their pulled pork on a bun was SO delicious! SO much better than mine, and pulled pork is pretty straight forward! It was super duper yummy 🙂 Carrie’s family arrived shortly before we started, and my parents were there soon after with our kids. We had a very cute little front row cheering section!
Guys, we had SO much fun up there, on stage, pretending to be a real band! We were definitely imperfect bu we had a blast, and our mistakes didn’t matter. Nothing we couldn’t come back from and laugh about. Just human error stuff 😉 Not too ominous. We played two sets with a short break in between, and lots of people really lovingly encouraged us with positive feedback and an invite to come back next year 🙂 It was such a great way to roll our afternoon into our evening. The kids ate pulled pork, too, as well as coleslaw and chips. They were happy and fed, and only started breaking down in the last few songs.
Sadly, the breakdowns continued after we got home, and they are already tucked in bed, wiped out from the day’s activities. It seems like they didn’t do too much, but that crazy wind really takes it out of you, and unfortunately, they’ve been kind of off their game since they first got up in the morning. Not their best day, but Brady and I had a really good day, anyway 🙂 It can’t always be perfect for everyone!
Same time next year, guys, if you missed it this year! One gig a year makes you a real band, right?